EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF FLEXICURITY IMPLEMENTATION IN OECD COUNTRIES

• Authors: Andrzej Szuwarzyński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Flexicurity is a policy of flexible and secure labour market. It has been the subject of many analyses, however, a coherent evaluation methodology is difficult to specify. The purpose of this paper is to propose a Data Envelopment Analysis based model for the evaluation of the efficiency of flexicurity implementation in OECD countries. The results will be used to create the ranking of countries, to determine changes in time, and to identify the reasons for inefficiency. On top of that, it will be possible to formulate recommendations for decision makers.

Keywords

EN

flexicurity; Data Envelopment Analysis; active labour market policy; lifelong learning; composite indicators

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 251-260

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Andrzej Szuwarzyński

• Department of Management, Gdansk University of Technology

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